EGYPT - July '05 Photo Gallery by andrew cerutti at pbase.com

EGYPT - July '05

On July 4th 2005 I travelled to Cairo, Egypt where one of my old Tower Record friends, Vera Slutsky, met me from her new home in Moscow. We spent 3 days in Cairo and then headed south to Luxor for another 3 Days. We then headed east across the desert to Hurghada on the Red Sea Coast. From Hurghada we took a ferry to Sharm el-Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula and then made our way north along the Gulf of Aqaba to Dahab, Egypt where we spent the last 6 days of the trip.

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	Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Egyptian Museum from Hotel Room Balcony	Downtown Cairo from Balcony	Nile River	Swimming in the Nile

Nile Felucca	Cairo Tower	Nile Hilton, Cairo	El Corniche
Cairo Sunset	Mohamed Ali Mosque in Citadel	Citadel Walls - Built by Saladin	The Citadel
Islamic Cairo	City of a Thousand Minarets

	Mosque of Mohamed Ali

Giza Plateau	Pyramid of Khafre		Vera @ Giza
Salam!

			The Great Pyramid
		Pit where Solar Boat was found - Next to Great Pyramid	Khufu's Solar Barque/Boat
	Brand New Solar Boat Museum
		Khafre's Pyramid
	Tour Guide	Valley Temple	Unique Construction of Walls @ Valley Temple
	Obligatory Group Shot!		Water Erosion?

			Coptic Cairo
Roman Walls	Greek Orthodox Church of St. Gregory	Coptic Cairo	Coptic Church
Coptic Mosaic
			"Called My Son Out of Egypt"
Greek Orthodox Church	Relic of St. Gregory	I	cemetary pups
		Streets of Old Cairo	St. Barbara's Church
entrance to Old Cairo	Tourist Police w/ AK-47		Khan al-Khalili Market


can you hear me now?	Rooftop View - Nile Hilton	Nile Hilton Pool	Tahrir Bridge
Egyptian Museum	Arab League HQ	Midan Tahrir	Downtown Cairo
Rooftop Bar Chillin'	Cairo Train Station - En Route to Luxor	Luxor Sunrise	Nile River in Luxor
	Quiet Luxor Streets	Luxor Corniche	Theban Hills
Luxor Corniche	Felucca "Honeymoon"	West Bank	Khaled making tea
		felucca chillin'
Captain Ahmed	Nile Cruiseboat	Luxor Museum
	with Osiris	Valley of the Kings
hot hot hot			Tomb of Thutmoses III

Ramses			Valley of Kings for real!!!
Merneptah	Tutankhamen	Tomb of King Tut	Ramses IX

Deir al-Bahri		Tombs of the Nobles	Hatshepsut's Funerary Temple
			Horus keeping watch....
	Hatshepsut as Osiris






At Madinat Abu - Temple built by Ramses II



		Water Taxi "Nefertari"
West Bank of Nile		Fishing the Nile
Sheraton Luxor		Luxor Temple	Avenue of Sphinxes @ Luxor Temple
Avenue of the Sphinxes	Chapel built by Alexander the Great @ Luxor Temple	Luxor Obelisk
Karnak Temple		Ram headed Spinxes @ Karnak

		Great Hypostyle Hall @ Karnak Temple
			Hatshepsut's Obelisk @ Karnak


		Giant Scarab Beatle

Convoy Rest Stop en Route to Hurgaha	Rest Stop Camels		Convoy Escort
Luxor to Hurghada Convoy			Red Sea Coast
Hurghada	Hurghada Sunset

			Fast Ferry Catamaran to Sharm el-Sheikh
Sharm Port	Arrival on Sinai Peninsula	Dahab Bridge	Masbat
Dahab, Egypt		Gulf of Aqaba
	Saudi Arabia
		on Dahab Bridge	Alcapone's
			Eel Garden in Dahab
one love!	Vera @ Dinner in Dahab		Dahab Nightlife
Chillin' in Dahab
	Cameltop View	Vera Camel Riding!	The (painful) Camel Trek to Ras Abu Gallum
"Hadi-ya, Hadi-ya"	ouch!	protected reefs of Ras Abu Gallum	our destination: Bedouin Village
		Puchi & Vera	Ras Abu Gallum Procterate
Bedouin Village
		Cameltoe?
Blue Hole	RIP to Divers who didn't make it back	Fallen Divers	Blue Hole
Blue Hole		Coralia Club Resort	Dahab City resorts
Date Palm w/ dates!	our beach	dive boats	other resorts
windsurfers			:-)
Dahab Lagoon	Windswept Beach	Camel Trail to Summit of Mt. Sinai	Nightime Hike up "Gebel Musa" - Moses Mountain to Bedouin
Last Stop before 850 steps to Summit	fellow pilgrims!	must take break, brutal climb to top!	Summit was cold & dark before sunrise
huddled masses at top	wait for it!	Sinai Sunrise at Mt. Sinai Summit	Sinai Sunrise

Camel Trail from Above			Chapel at Summit

At Summit of Mt. Sinai		Gebel Katerina in background
time to go back down	The Descent
	Suleiman - Our Bedouin Guide	Steps of Penance leading down	Elijah's Hollow
took alternate route to bottom on Steps of Penance	Where the Prophet Elijah had his vision from God	800 year old Cyprus Tree
Amazing Scenery	Allah Akbar	St. Katherine's Monastery from Steps	Monastery built by Emperor Justinian in 500's
St. Katherine's Monastery	getting closer	almost there!	Valley which Steps of Penance took us through
	"The Elevator"	Monk's Entrance
Puchi giving Lecture	Greek Orthodox Monk		another Monk
		No Shorts Allowed!	Inside the Monastery
Mosque directly behind Church		Moses' Well
			The Burning Bush
Burning Bush Chapel built by Helena, Mother of Constantine in early 300's

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